'Action challenge' Cha Eun-woo "Practice with a rubber sword on site"

Cha Eun-woo revealed that he worked hard to create high-quality action scenes in 'Island'.

On the 21st, I met Cha Eun-woo, who appeared in TV's original series 'Island', at a cafe in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Cha Eun-woo played the role of John, the youngest exorcist in the Vatican.

Cha Eun-woo attempted action acting for the first time since his debut. In order to play the role of John the exorcist, Cha Eun-woo not only attended action school and learned action scenes, but also consulted with his co-stars and the director at the filming site to create action scenes.

Cha Eun-woo said, "I worked closely with the martial arts director and the martial arts team and learned action scenes. I practiced how Yohan would use the sword. Even before filming began, I went to action school and practiced whenever I had time." He also said, "The martial arts director gave me a rubber sword. I practiced with the rubber sword while waiting on set so I could remember the moves."

Cha Eun-woo personally thought about and created Yohan's movements during the exorcism ritual. Cha Eun-woo said, “The director said it was okay, and the CG team leader also said it was good, saying that better scenes could be created with CG technology.”

'Ireland' is a drama depicting the journey of characters who are destined to fight against evil that seeks to destroy the world, and is based on the comic/webtoon of the same name. All six parts of Part 1 were released last January, and Part 2 will be released one by one from the 24th of this month.

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr